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As cities develop and populations continue to grow, there is one common challenge most places face: transportation. In southwest Germany near the French border, Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, has had a three-...

Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...

Food loss and waste has been an issue for years. Canada's Zero Waste Council estimates more than a third of the food it produces goes to waste, and the numbers are similar in the U.S. and elsewhere. To put it in dollar terms, the U.S. Department of...

Urban farming isn't a new idea, but what Michigan State University (MSU) and the city of Detroit are doing may be a tactic cities working to become smarter, more sustainable and more livable should consider. The university and the city are focusing...

During a conference in Rome last month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed after years of progress, world hunger has increased. In fact, FAO’s Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said the world is facing the worst food...

If it's hard as adults to make sense of what's going on in our world, imagine what kids must think of today's challenges – from famine and climate change to all manner of human atrocities. We can get a glimpse from Panasonic's Kid Witness News (KWN...

From the rapid growth of social impact investing to the emergence of artificial intelligence apps created by tech-oriented nonprofits, we're seeing some fascinating developments in the human services sector. Scroll down for a look at five that...

I learned a long time ago that when Dubai takes action, especially where smart technologies are concerned, it's going to be interesting. Consider the robotic police officer it introduced earlier this year – or its data-driven effort to become the...

Families struggling to make rent and pay utility bills often find there isn't a lot left in the budget to make healthy food choices. A box of mac and cheese, after all, is much cheaper than a piece of fish and some fresh vegetables – if the latter...

More than 22 million children in the U.S. may lose access to free or reduced-price meal programs when school lets out, according to Feeding America, the hunger-relief organization. Scroll down for a look at some initiatives that make free summer...

If 43 states removed burdensome date labeling restrictions, it could save consumers and businesses more than $29 billion per year. That's one example of what policymakers and food waste reduction advocates can glean from Policy Finder, one of two...

The new MealConnect technology platform that Feeding America recently launched helps rescue food that previously might have gone to waste -- maybe a small load of meat from a local butcher or a box of tomatoes from a farmers market. It's nice to see...

Access to healthy foods remains a challenge in low-income communities abandoned by supermarkets. Small corner stores don't typically stock many fresh fruits and vegetables. And spending time and limited funds on gas or bus fare to gain access to...

When the stakes are high – and they certainly are when it comes to solving food insecurity around the world – there's every reason to share success stories and innovative approaches that may inspire others. This week in our "Quick takes" series we...

In a column on food waste, Liz Goodwin of the World Resources Institute writes: "It takes more land than the size of China to grow all the food that’s never consumed." So it's easy to make the case that producing food that never makes it from farm...

You don't hear a lot about the behind-the-scenes operations that run major nonprofits like City Harvest's food rescue operations in New York City. But as the story below points out, making information technology systems work as efficiently as...

Lot of discussion about drones of late – and no argument they have a way to go to prove their legitimacy in a slew of scenarios. But what should not be overlooked by policymakers and the public is that drones can serve a humanitarian purpose; in...

Requests for emergency food assistance are on the rise – and hungry people are being turned away. In the past hunger may not have been an agenda item at city council meetings or school board meetings or corporate board meetings. Today it really...

Through its philanthropic arm, Google spends millions on worthy efforts around the world, but the one discussed below caught our attention because it is reportedly the first time a government -- in this case Australia's Department of Foreign...

In its Global Food Security Index for 2016, The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city-state of Singapore No. 3 behind the U.S. and Ireland as most food secure. That's an interesting statistic for a populous island that has very little farm...